Janet Marsh's Nature Diary

Good+ used hardcover in fair dust jacket. Outside edge of textblock is age-toned, but the interior is bright. Bumped corners. DJ faded with a number of tears, chips, and creases.

This breathtakingly beautiful book, from the same British publishers of the best-selling Country diary of an Edwardian Lady, is a present-day celebration of the miracles and mysteries of the natural world.

A gifted young artist focuses her eye on the teeming natural life of an unspoiled English valley and shares her observations in hundreds of exquisitely detailed watercolors -- the delicate cross-section of a marsh reed, the subtle colors and shapes of freshwater plants and insects, the deserted nest of a song thrush, delicate wildflowers, butterflies, and much more.

She accompanies the paintings with her own nature diary -- filled with affectionate and evocative perceptions of all she sees around her through the seasons of the year. Janet Marsh's book is a glorious tribute to all that is most delightful in the English countryside.